‘Mean Girls’ has helped to launch the "biggest women in comedy", says Neil Flynn.
The 53-year-old actor starred in 2004’s comedy opposite Linsday Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried and Tina Fey and insists the film helped these stars kick-start their successful careers.
Talking to website Digital Spy, he said: "I think ‘Mean Girls’ was a kind of significant movie.
"It was a very successful comedy and it was also before ‘Bridesmaids’ and it really launched some of today’s biggest women in comedy.
"It was the beginning of Tina’s rise to global domination. I think that movie is a touchstone for a lot of people. In the same way ‘Animal House’ was for my generation really."
A decade after the release of the original which received sparkling reviews and became a box office success, grossing $129,042,871 worldwide, he insists he didn’t realise what a "big deal" it would be.
Flynn added: "I didn’t necessarily think it would be a big deal but I knew that it would be funny because Tina wrote it."
Neil Flynn: Mean Girls helped launch ‘biggest’ women in comedy
